§ 2604. Delivery of stolen money to owner

Statutory text

When the Postal Service is satisfied that money or property in the possession of the Postal Service represents money or property stolen from the mails, or the proceeds thereof, it may deliver it to the person it finds to be the rightful owner.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1970
Postal Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719
Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 2604
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)